Mughal Banaras: An Exploration

Speaker: Malavika Kasturi, Associate Professor (South Asian History), Departments of History and the Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto and with author of Embattled Identities, Rajput Lineages and the Colonial State in Nineteenth Century North India (OUP, 2002). Prof. Kasturi is working on the urban history of Banaras from the eighteenth century from the perspective of Mughal pensioner families

The illustrated lecture will explore the lesser-known history of Banaras through the legacy of exiles and pensioners from the eighteenth century, especially Mughal princes like Jahandar Shah and his descendents.

Chair: Dr. Yaaminey Mubayi

Tale of a Gypsy in Kafka’s Land

A collection of poems by Mandira Ghosh (Authorspress: 2023)

Discussants: Prof. Radha Chakravarty, Former Prof. of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, AUD, Critic; 
Dr. Gauri Shankar Raina, Broadcaster, Translator and Member, Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi; Ms. Mandira Ghosh, Poet,Researcher, Writer and Author of the book

Chair: Shri K. Jayakumar, President, Poetry Society (India) and Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924-1977

By Abhishek Choudhary (Picador India: 2023)

Discussants: Shri Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament and author; Shri Swapan Dasgupta, author and former Parliamentarian; and Shri Abhishek Choudhary, author of the book

Moderator: Ms Manisha Pande, Executive Editor, Newslaundry

Changing Global Dynamics and Challenges for India in International Trade Negotiations

Speaker: Dr. Abhijit Das, international trade expert with more than two decades of experience in international trade and WTO in various capacities, including five years in trade policy making in the Government of India and twelve years as the Head of the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. His research and advocacy wok has played an important role defining the terms of debate on many issues including agriculture, government procurement and digital economy

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Promoter Director, Arcus Policy Research Private Limited (APR)

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AI and its Impact on Journalism: The Road Ahead

Chair: Harish Khare, President, The Media Foundation

Panelists: Ritu Kapur, Co-founder and Managing Director, Quint Digital Media; Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director, Meta India and Samarth Bansal, Tech and Media Reporter

Moderator: Karishma Mehrotra, South Asia Correspondent, The Washington Post

OpenAI's Chat GPT has made the technology easily accessible to a vast number of people. However there are growing concerns over how artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to destroy the very nature of journalism

IIC-The Media Foundation Dialogues is a series of conversations that regularly discuss issues challenging the Fourth Estate. Featuring prominent voices and highlighting different perspectives, these interactions are a platform to promote debate, analysis and understanding.

Concert by Ishaan Leonard Rao, young pianist and composer, a prodigious talent in the world of music

The only Indian recipient of the Sony Music Group Global Scholar, Ishaan is currently studying piano under Georgian pianist, Girogi Mikdze at Berklee College of Music, Boston where received the prestigious certificate for ‘outstanding achievement’ by the piano department
 
 

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Whither Pakistan: Trapped in Perpetuating Crisis

Panelists: Amb. Sharat Sabharwal, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan; Ms Nirupama Subramanian, Editor, International Affairs, The Indian Express; and Shri Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Founation

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Pakistan’s present polycrises is not its first: but for the first time, the Army has been challenged directly in a civil-military confrontation. The panel will discuss the internal and external fallout of the current crises

From 75 Years of Marg, co-edited by Anita Cherian and Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

Speakers: Anita Cherian, Ambedkar University, Delhi; Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Navtej Singh Johar, artist and Founder, Studio Abhyas

Chair: Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

From its earliest issues, Marg has devoted considerable space to writings on dance. It has played a significant role in the classicization and canonization of forms that are known today as the eight classical dances of India. In a country like India, replete with its complex mesh of histories, living traditions, languages, and regional calendars, these writings have created awareness about traditions and transitions while keeping the aesthetics of presentation as a priority

(Collaboration: Marg Publications)

Klemperer Conducts Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
(72 min; 1964; dvd; Black & White)

With Agnes Giebel (soprano); Marga Höffgen (contralto); Ernst Haefliger (tenor); Gustav Neidlinger (bass)

New Philharmonia Chorus and New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Klemperer

A monumental interpretation of Beethoven’s iconic Choral Symphony that concludes with the Ode to Joy, conducted by one of the most towering Beethoven interpreters of his generation. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 8th November 1964.

Introduced by Sunit Tandon